The Will of the Senate - out of character thread III

[econ21]

I have been preparing to run for Consul this term, as was probably obvious in the Senate. Unfortunately, some serious issues have cropped up at work and I am not going to have the time to be able to play as First Consul, even if I ran with a co-Consul.

Thanks for letting us know. I hope the work stuff goes well.

I know it may rather spoil the fun of the politicking side, but my instinct is always to try identify potential first consuls in the out of character thread. I also want everyone who wants to be First Consul to have a turn at it. So, I will be blunt - do we have any Lower House members who would like to run?

I don't want to break a confidence, but I understand GeneralHankerchief was interested in the job 10 turns hence. Could we bring the timetable forward? I know he may think it premature from a roleplaying perspective, but:
(a) He's leading the Consular army against Carthage, which we seem to agree is the main area for offensive operations & so is kind of doing the Consul's job already, which was to head the main army.
(b) He's a blood relative of the First Consul's grandson and that's got to count for something (GWB anyone?).
(c) We might even roleplay it as Verginius as suffering from ill-health & so pushing forward the timetable for his successor.

And/or are there other people interested? Competition is good.

PS: Welcome back, TrickyLady - can we put you back in the Lower House?